KubeCon EU 2025 Keynote: Evolving the Kubernetes Experience

Presented in the Microsoft sponsored keynote slot, KubeCon London April 2025.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2szUE0jhX4

Transcript

1. Evolving the Kubernetes User Experience Andrew Randall Principal Product Manager Microsoft hachyderm.io/@ahrkrak ahrkrak.bsky.social
2. experienced developers hobbyists / students IT admins The next 10 million cloud native users
3. % brew install kubernetes $ apt-get install kubernetes
5. Storage Service Mesh Networking Security Observability GitOps AI Container Management
6. Context Switching Inconsistency Steep Learning Curve
8. 10 Million 147 Million https://stats.areppim.com/stats/stats_pcxfcst.htm https://www.elon.edu/u/imagining/time-capsule/150-years/back-1960-1990 http://archive.worldmapper.org/posters/worldmapper_map335_ver5.pdf 1994 1998 Worldwide Internet Users https://www.stackscale.com/blog/internet-evolution-statistics/
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10. In-cluster Web Portal (a “Kubernetes Dashboard ++”) Local UI+K8s (a “Kubernetes Desktop”) Unified Management UI for Multiple Remote Clusters
11. Sandbox project, now in Kubernetes SIG-UI Modern Web UI with Local App option Multi-cluster management Extensible plug-in model
12. Demo
14. Join us in building the next generation Kubernetes UX! github.com/kubernetes-sigs/headlamp aka.ms/headlamp-feedback Make a plugin for your favorite tool Add a language translation Share feedback Project pavilion today | Contribfest Friday